Everyone is moving right now, which is why there was unexpected radio silence on the blog last week. Among those trading one residence for another is a client-turned-friend who is a mother to five human children and one dog child, and who is currently pregnant with human child number six. She and I spent most of Saturday doing a thorough edit of her house pre-move, and I spent the six plus hours in awe. There ...

Seattle has been hinting at summer the last couple of days. I stopped needing any sort of jacket, even in the mornings. My car, parked for several hours, has been near-steamy, and thus, the ceremonial QUICK BLAST THE AC BEFORE I SUFFOCATE IN HERE has returned. I've been sweating more than usual while working. The daylight lasts so damn gloriously long. Those sorts of exciting developments. The rising temperatures have also made me think about ...

One of my dearest clients is about to pack up her large, family home and try on Apartment living for a year as her new home is being built. It's a daunting prospect, both the leaving behind the familiar, and the having much, much less space in which to contain the contents of one's life. The ruthless re-editing of everything recently completed will go a long way towards ensuring they can live comfortably within their ...

Have you ever wondered how those old guys in suits have managed to show up at the same time every day to the same office for the last thirty years? The ones who seem perfectly content to have spent whole swaths of their lives engaged in the same work, day after day? Have you ever marveled at how they seem not to have grown terribly bored by all that sameness, year after year? Those suit-guys ...

I'm always sad to see April go, because in my totally unbiased opinion, the month in which I was born is the best one of them all. But, the calendar page has flipped, and May promises to be ripe with flowers and sunshine and general splendor. As we do, I'm welcoming in the new month by recapping the one just passed by way of a small assemblage of favorite things, game-changers, and life-improvers. 1. BISSELL Little ...